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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holton (33) has a much higher average ACT score than either Richard Montgomery (28) or Montgomery Blair (29), but that statistic is fallacious because the magnet programs are less than 20% of the overall school at Blair and RM. The magnet schools represent the top 200 or so students in the entire county, so even the most rigorous school as a whole isn't going to stack up against the best of the rest of the county.  Even so, the matriculation of the 10% at Holton is probably better than the matriculation of the magnet schools, but money is definitely a factor. Magnet school parents need not be defensive, the programs are well respected by all of us in MoCo and we are glad to support your students.[/quote]

Not defensive, I don't even have a kid in the Blair magnet. But,
- The typical Blair magnet class is something like 100 kids, I believe, not 200 kids.
- A ton of kids at Blair are first-generation college applicants.
- A ton of kids at Blair can't afford SAT/ACT prep classes.
- What's with the "we are glad to support your students"? Hope you weren't referring to your tax dollars, because that would have been snooty of you.[/quote]

Blair +RM

Why is the fact that tax dollars support public schools "snooty?" [/quote]

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